I'm here, writing again, so I guess the cabin was sufficiently tidy for me to not have to walk the plank. And yes I made it to the gym today. I've had a relatively quiet day at "work" as there were not many cases, but I found stuff to do. We treated a six month old for a cleft lip and he looked great when we had finished. I also fulfilled one of my other roles by assisting this afternoon with a bone grafting from the pelvis taking out some of the bone to make part of a new mandible (lower jaw).
From where I sit to type in my blog I can see the lights of the docks but not many others. If ever you have the chance to fly over Africa at night look down and you'll see nothing but inky black darkness. There are just so few lights.
So having been here a week I finally made it to the gym. With next to no air conditioning in there 30 minutes on the rowing machine and bike were enough for me plus a some core exercises - yes I was sad enough to bring my gym kit with me.
Tomorrow morning I'm off to the Cheshire Home and I'm looking forward to seeing rather more of Liberia than just the docks. it was dark when i arrived and the church I attended on Sunday wasn't very far away. Camera at the ready.
Hopefully tomorrow afternoon I'm baking and teaching one of the german nurses a couple of my recipes including banana loaf. Watch this space to see how we fared.
1 comment:
And you are doing what in your spare time?? Do you have any? It sounds like you are constantly on the go. How is the Starbucks? Great to hear all your news, it sounds really interesting and like you are finding it quite the experience. Love reading your posts! x coffeemate
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